Sunday's letters to the editor

I am eager to join the class action lawsuit that Stephanie Ritchie has initiated against Mueller Services and Citizens Property Insurance Corp., as reported in your Sept. 12 issue.

Like many homeowners in Broward County, an inspector from Mueller Services came to reinspect my house. The "inspector" refused to check out my roof, because he had to look into a crawl space. He suggested that we open up a hallway ceiling and make a large opening in that ceiling so he could inspect the roof. This inspector made other ludicrous and other outrageously expensive demands in order for us to keep our insurance discounts.

A month later, Citizens sent us a report from Mueller Services justifying a $3,500 increase in our insurance. The reinspection was a total farce.

Mueller Services and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. should be punished for this outrageous fraud.

Paul Guzzardo, Fort Lauderdale

A convention of disrespect and lies

It is expected that we are going to hear some political rhetoric at a convention. It was nice to hear the human side of Mitt Romney. I have no doubt this is a good man.

However, Paul Ryan outright lied when he spoke about the debt commission, on which he served and the recommendations of which he voted against. He misled when he spoke about "ObamaCare" taking $716 billion from Medicare, when, in fact, that money is not coming from the insured and his own plan doesn't take this amount out; he simply wants it gone. Paul Ryan is choosing to pretend he is someone he is not. Stick to the facts, Mr. Ryan.

But, worse than all of that was an actor/director whom I have adored. How disrespectful could one be? Clint Eastwood put words into the mouth of a man who would never, ever use such language and disrespected the office of the president in such a callous way. To show up without even the having courtesy to comb his hair and thus looking like the mad man he behaved like, was rude. I am devastated that he chose this tactic to get his digs in. Talking to an empty chair? Please.

I have always looked forward to any project Clint is involved in, but I, for one, will boycott any new films in which he is involved until he apologizes for behaving in such a disrespectful way to the president and to us. I don't care what your politics are; it was just wrong on many levels.

Tropical Storm Isaac surprised many, especially in the western communities, dumping more rain than our infrastructure or fragile residents were able to accommodate. A recent related commentary by Steven Kurlander was selfish and unintelligent. He was "trapped by a river" in front of his house and wondered why FEMA had not come to his rescue, despite having electricity and all other amenities. Offended that President Obama and the mainstream media had ignored Palm Beach County, he said he was a prisoner in his own water hell, waiting with his neighbors for federal assistance.

I hope they saw page 3 of that same day's newspaper, which showed a home in Braithwalte, La., where rising floodwaters were approaching rooflines and causing complete loss of homes and evacuations. Later that day, a national news station reported that a Louisiana man had evacuated his wife from their home and tied her to a tree on high ground as she suffered dementia and he was unable to swim them both out of the rising water. He returned with help, untied her, and both were safely evacuated, but their home was destroyed. At last count, seven lives were lost on the Gulf Coast in that storm.

President Obama gives a good speech written by his speech writers, but his actions are inconsistent with his words.

On one hand, he talks about punishing the Islamic terrorist, without using those words. On the other hand, he gives our money to the Egyptians, who attacked our embassy and hate the United States. He gives our money to the Palestinian Arabs who hate America, and he makes fatuous speeches about the Islamic terrorists in Libya who murdered people in our embassy. In addition, he snubs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, our most loyal ally.

We must stop supporting our enemies with our money. We have more leverage over an enemy country such as Egypt, Pakistan, Libya and others in the Islamic world when we don't give them our money. If they want a gift of our money, they must honestly support our policies.